The Driver

Name: The Driver
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 28, 1978
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Bruce Dern, Denny Macko, Felice Orlandi, Frank Bruno, Isabelle Adjani

1978

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: July 28, 1978 | PG

Starring: Bruce Dern, Denny Macko, Felice Orlandi, Frank Bruno, Isabelle Adjani, Joseph Walsh, Matt Clark, Ronee Blakley, Rudy Ramos, Ryan O'Neal

Summary: A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.

Director: Walter Hill

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 91 min

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Craig Williams

The Driver is a film of types and trends; a cinematic expression of our basest narrative impulses. Directed with remarkable economy, the seasoned Hill keeps everything as tight as possible. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The sparse story of the struggle of the two men with their obsessions, and with each other, skillfully creates a mood that is hard to shake after the ending credits. The car chases are breathtaking. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

A combination of brilliantly edited car chases and existential thriller which recalls the sombreness of Melville and the spareness of Leone in a context which is the 'classical' economy of directors like Hawks and Walsh. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Director Walter Hill and stunt coordinator Everett Creach have engineered a number of car chases and they are fabulous, if you like car chases. Read full review

Empire William Thomas

A fair-to-middling auto-noir with a hole in the middle roughly the size of its leading man’s head. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

While we can readily identify these characters, we can't identify with them simply because Hill never bothers to tell us what makes them tick. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Written and directed by Walter Hill, who once wrote and directed a good movie, Hard Times, with Charles Bronson. This one is not good. It is Awful Movie. It is Pretentious Movie. It is Silly Movie. It talks just like this. Read full review

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Deanomite

Dec 31, 2019

If you loved the 2011 movie Drive, this is where it came from. Excellent neo noir, arguably my favorite movie from the 1970s. All the chase scenes are as good as the one in Bullitt (1968). The women are super sexy (Isabelle Adjani especially, who disowned this movie). Ryan Oneill isIf you loved the 2011 movie Drive, this is where it came from. Excellent neo noir, arguably my favorite movie from the 1970s. All the chase scenes are as good as the one in Bullitt (1968). The women are super sexy (Isabelle Adjani especially, who disowned this movie). Ryan Oneill is amazing, they removed every nonessential line of dialog, which is always a good move. Definitely the best Walter Hill movie, and that is saying a lot. Beautifully photographed night cityscapes. Walter Hill said he loves to create tension with a silent protagonist meeting a chatty villain, and Bruce Dern gives the best performance of his life as a cop blinded by narcissism. movies like this are a great way to learn how to create tension, if you have any interest in making your own movie someday.… Expand

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bataguila

Sep 23, 2019

Es el origen de varia speli actuales, la personalidad de Oneal es genial, muy buena la historia, y las escenas son reales con dobles de accion.

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Voodoo123

Jan 8, 2023

Superb cinematography and kinetic driving sequences aren't enough to avoid the boredom I felt from the vapid screenplay and distractingly slow pacing. The talented cast are wasted here as the film meanders towards the inevitable over cooked triple cross ending.

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